Taniella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3244637	https://www.gbif.org/species/3244637
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	10547	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10547

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Taniella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : Taniella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
superorder	Hypsogastropoda
infraorder	Littorinimorpha	Golikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamily	Naticoidea	(Forbes 1838)
family	Naticidae	Guilding 1834
genus	Taniella	Finlay & Marwick 1937

Scientific Name

Taniella Finlay & Marwick, 1937

Name Published In

Palaeont. Bull. N.Z., 15

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Taniella	genus	belongs to Naticinae	stated without evidence	Beu et al., 1990
Taniella	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Taniella	genus	belongs to Naticidae	stated with evidence	Beu, 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

11.6 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Naticidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Naticidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Naticidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Taniella (Pristinacca) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		2	61.6 Ma Paleocene	61.6 Ma Paleocene
Natica subnoae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Taniella bacca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Taniella intermedia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Taniella mima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Taniella motutaraensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Taniella notocenica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Taniella planisuturalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Taniella poliniciformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Taniella senisculus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Taniella subnoae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	23.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Taniella tantilla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Pristinacca Finlay & Marwick, 1937	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : *Pristinacca*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1937	Taniella Finlay and Marwick
1990	Taniella Beu et al. p. 409
2002	Taniella Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Taniella Beu pp. 148 - 150

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Beu A. G., Maxwell P.A., et al (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58

Beu A. G. (2010) Marine Mollusca of isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 3. Gastropoda (Vetigastropoda - Littorinimorpha), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 40 3-4, 59-180 doi:10.1080/03036758.2010.500717

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Palaeont. Bull. N.Z., 15 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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